buddhaa belly

How It All Started

And So, Our Journey Begins
Hello 👋🏼 and Welcome.
My name is Gina also known as buddhaa belly, and I am from Orlando, Florida.
Let me take you on a journey back in time,
to how it all started.
Back in 2014 I moved from a small town in Florida up to Orlando, where I was worked in the hospitality industry for many years.
I worked in various jobs serving my community, even at one point working for the mouse himself, that’s right our pal Mickey Mouse.
I enjoyed connecting to new friends and guests in my community to all my favorite attractions, restaurants & even the best Florida beaches.
While I loved working in the hospitality industry, I had a feeling that something was missing, I craved more.
I didn’t realize that the journey was about to start, then about 6 years ago I met my best friend and now fiancé, this giant door opened.
I had the opportunity to move across country and start something totally new, create new memories and broaden my mind to a different world apart from Florida.
On May 5th, 2016 I packed up my things and moved across country to Salt Lake City Utah, where I lived for about 3 years,
living here was different as you can image, and cold haha, but I was up for new, change.
Here in Utah is where I first immersed myself in spirituality, Buddhism, and meditation.
As you can tell so far I how I came but with the Buddha part in my name. It had become a giant part in my growth, I loved the positive outlook it gave me, to finding peace, & even healing.
So to fast-forward a bit, when I was living on the West Coast I traveled all over.
I enjoyed seeing so many beautiful places, I knew I love traveling then, I just didn’t know how I could incorporate it into my life.
While in 2018,
I found myself back in Florida working in the hospitality industry, I was working long hours, I wasn’t happy, I was becoming burnt out, I wanted to quit so bad and sell everything I had and become a backpacker. I knew I couldn’t leave my responsibilities, so for the next two years were a blur of working, hustling day in and day out saving money, to finally hope to have some freedom in my life.
Then the biggest hit of them all came, in 2019 be laid off due to COVID-19.
I was left a giant opportunity to either transform and build the life I truly wanted or go back to what was safe.
For the next year I went through every obstacle you could image, but still, I had no idea what I was set on this earth to do, a lot of trial and error.
Not until we took our trip to Hawaii in 2021, that I was filled with excitement again & the motivation to come back and keep figuring it out, then I had the thought to combine my two loves, travel & food.
So from then I set sail on building this page by sharing my travel adventures, tips, the best bites in town, while I unite community & spread magic along the way.✨
While I have only just begun I am so excited to see where this journey takes me to building the buddhaa belly family & tribe.
If you have made it this far in the reading, I want to thank you for taking the time to get to know me. I want you to know how excited & blessed I am to have you here with me on this journey.
I can only hope going forward I can be of service to you, connect you to new memories, and new adventures.
So, Cheers to Living Your Best Life 🥂
-much love ❤️.
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If at any point you love what you are reading, or you find it helpful and feel called to donate. It would be such a pleasure, as all of this information I am sharing is free. I have poured my heart, knowledge, and soul into it. I would love to continue to keep providing you with the best content, any amount. Furthermore, I appreciate it.

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